For the fifth year, the Warwick Area Farmworker Organization (WAFO) will be driving a campaign to fund 300 safety backpacks. These backpacks provide safety for farmworkers as they bike or walk along unlit roads with no shoulders. They leave for work before the sun rises and after sunset, so these reflective back packs make them […]
The Warwick Area Farmworker Organization (WAFO) is offering a free program in partnership with our partners Sun River Health, Warwick Cares, and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention that will address the critical issue of mental health in the farming community. Farmers face unique challenges, with suicide rates three and a half times higher than […]
The Christmas season is close at hand and Warwick Area Farmworkers Organization will be running a special store for farmworker families. Families are invited to the Christmas store that has only new items that are priced at a fraction of their cost. The funds that are raised by the Christmas Store are used for the […]
WAFO and Sun River Health are excited to host the art exhibition, “Colores de mi tierra” by the Oaxacan artist, Eduardo Guzman Valverde at the Alamo Community Center in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. The exhibition will be held at 890 Pulaski Hwy in Goshen NY (directions can be found here), on Sunday, October 6th […]
The Warwick Area Farmworkers Organization will hold this year’s 2024 Annual WAFO Kermes Fundraiser on Sunday; August 11, 2024 between 12 pm and 4 pm. This annual event traditionally is held near the end of the WAFO Dulce Esperanza Summer Enrichment Program and is a way for the parents of the children in the Summer […]
The Warwick Area Farmworkers Organization is getting ready for another busy summer season. In order to make sure the Dulce Esperanza Summer Enrichment Program is all ready to go we have set up an Amazon Wishlist so that we can get some much needed supplies on site way ahead of the program’s first day. You […]
Volunteers Needed: The Warwick Area Farmworkers Organization food pantry needs volunteers who are able to assist with pick up of the food orders each week. If you are interested, please contact Kathy Brieger via email at kbrieger@sunriver.org.
The Warwick Area Farmworkers Organization recently held its 2023 End of the Year Review during our first WAFO Board meeting of 2024 last month in January at the Country Dream in Warwick, NY. The WAFO Board and its Executive Director, Kathy Brieger, would like to share with you the “2023 Year in Review” presentation shown […]
Spring is around the corner and with that comes the busy farm season. Farmworkers will be out in the fields in the next two months, planting crops and getting the ground ready for this season. Extended workdays for farmworkers includes walking and biking along Pulaski Highway and some of the back roads. The safety issues […]
The Warwick Area Farmworker Organization is offering a special program on mental health for the Farming Community. The program will be held on February 18th from 1-3 pm, at the Alamo Community Center. This important issue has been raised Farmers are three and a half times more likely to die by suicide than the general […]
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